Reddit ditching RSS b/c of massive web scraping tolerated because protecting IP is now a threat to business is threefold disrespect for Aaron Swartz, and everyone should be ashamed. (I don’t think IP is the issue w/AI, but it’s what let feds harass Swartz in a way that they never will AI).
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Needing to bulk download some PDFs for a lit review is making me think of Aaron Swartz which is making me furious at AI companies.
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